LASTMA apprehends two officers for arresting ‘traffic violators’
LASTMA apprehends two officers for arresting ‘traffic violators’ Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has arrested two purported LASTMA Special Traffic Mayors (STM), for illegally apprehending a logistic motorcyclist. The duo, Ibrahim Jibril Abu and Olamide Oshin were arrested on Thursday, by a patrol team from LASTMA Headquarters. Jibril and Olamide had committed the offence on Wednesday, 17 August, 2022 at about 12.30pm at the Sheraton Hotel bus stop on Mobolaji Bank-Anthony Way. Filade Olumide, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, …
Minister’s aides brutalise journalist, security men in Abuja
Minister’s aides brutalise journalist, security men in Abuja Pandemonium erupted on Thursday evening when overzealous operatives attached to the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Ramatu Tijani Aliyu, attacked a journalist and the security details at the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja. The incident occurred after Tijani, who earlier arrived for a meeting, was driving out of the party headquarters amid a heavy blaring of sirens by her security aides. Trouble started when a security detail…
PDP denies involvement in Oyetola’s wife convoy attack
PDP denies involvement in Oyetola’s wife convoy attack The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has denied any involvement in the attack on the convoy of the State’s First Lady, Kafayat Oyetola. It was earlier reported that the convoy was attacked on Friday at the Owode Area of the state, and some of the First Lady’s aides sustained injuries. But in a statement by Osun PDP, the attack was allegedly caused by Mrs. Oyetola’s escort who beat up a truck driver whose vehicle blocked the road. This was contained in a statement on Satur…
Gbajabiamila reveals what transpired at Obasanjo, Tinubu’s meeting
Gbajabiamila reveals what transpired at Obasanjo, Tinubu’s meeting Speaker of House of Representatives, Rep.Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed what transpired at the meeting between former president Olusegun Obasanjo and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, Gbajabiamila in a statement on Thursday while speaking at the Surulere Local Government Area (LGA) APC meeting in Surulere, Lagosaid Obasanjo made encouraging statements about Tinubu’s aspiration and even prayed for the APC presidential candidate. He…
Buhari govt makes u-turn, awards Tompolo multi-billion pipeline protection contract
Buhari govt makes u-turn, awards Tompolo multi-billion pipeline protection contract President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has awarded Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, a pipeline surveillance contract. The former militant leader was the Commander of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND). The deal is described as a renewal as Tompolo got a similar deal during the Goodluck Jonathan administration. The government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited agreed to engage Tompolo to end il…
Police uncover ‘shrine’ with 20 corpses, suspects kick
Police uncover ‘shrine’ with 20 corpses, suspects kick The Edo State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with 20 mummified bodies discovered in a house in Asoro Slope, Ekenhua Road, Uzebu Quarters, Benin. The police, after discovering a shrine in the building, designated it a ritual site. When our correspondent visited the scene on Thursday, officers from the legal department of the command, in company with the police spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, were seen in the building. The team, however, declined comment on the matter.…
Lagos Airport Records Low Passenger Turnout As Return Tickets Hit N250,000
Lagos Airport Records Low Passenger Turnout As Return Tickets Hit N250,000 ... Businesses, others revert to online meetings Passengers are shunning air travels while companies, organisation and Associations are reverting to online meetings instead of physical meetings and traveling due to the increase in the price of aviation fuel, also known as, Jet A1. The hike in Jet A1 has made airline tickets go up with passengers paying more than N250,000 for a return Lagos-Abuja ticket; while Lagos-Kano return is between N200,000 and N300,000 dependin…
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